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31 Cards in this Set
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John F. Kennedy
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Democratic candidate in te 1960 election who won
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Nixon's choice as vice president in the 1960 election
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Flexible response
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Strategy adopted by the Kennedy administration of keeping a range or options open for dealing with international crises
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Peace Corps
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Program begun by president Kennedy to send volunteers to work in developing nations for two years
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Alliance for Progress
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President Kennedy's program for sending economic aid to Latin America; designed to encourage democratic reforms and to promote capitalism
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Fidel Castro
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A rebel leader who led an uprising that succeeded in overthrowing the Cuban dictator in 1959
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Berlin Wall
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Barrier built between East and West Berlin; widely recognized symbol of the Cold War
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Cuban missle crisis
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Standoff between the US and the Soviet Union in which the Soviets agreed to remove missiles from Cuba if the US promised not to invade the island; followed by an easing of Cold War tensions
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Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
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Agreement signed by US president Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev; ended aboveground testing of new nuclear weapons
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Hot line
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Teletype connection between the US and the Soviet Union that allowed leaders to communicate directly during a crisis
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Jacqueline Kennedy
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President Kennedy's wife who contributed to the glamour and mystique that surrounded the Kennedy White House and was very admired
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Donna Shalala
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Inspired by Jacqueline Kennedy, she joined the Peace Corps and she claimed it changed her
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Robert Kennedy
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President Kennedy's younger brother who became attorney general
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New Frontier
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President Kennedy's domestic agenda
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Area Redevelopment Act
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Law passed in 1961 that provided financial assistance to economically distressed regions
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Michael Harrington
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A social activist who published a well-documented study of poverty in the US that became popular
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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Shot President Kennedy in 1963
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Warren Commission
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Special group led by Chief Justice Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy
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War on Poverty
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President Johnson's programs to help poor Americans; announced in 1964
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Office of Economic Opportunity
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Government agency formed in 1964 to coordinate antipoverty programs
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Volunteers in Service to America
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Domestic version of the Peace Corps; established in 1964
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Barry Goldwater
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A conservative Republican from Arizona who was chosen as the presidential candidate in the 1964 election
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Medicare
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Federal health insurance program for people over the age of 65
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Medicaid
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Federal program created in 1965 to provide free health care to the needy
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
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Federal law that provided $1.3 billion to aid schools in poor areas
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Robert C. Weaver
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Headed the Department of Housing and Urban Development, making him the first African American member of a presidential cabinet
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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Nonprofit organization created during the Johnson administration; offers educational television programming
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Rachel Carson
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A marine biologist who contributed to the environmental movement
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Earl Warren
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Chief Justice who defined and extended individual rights
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Reynolds v. Sims
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Supreme Court case that further extended equality in the voting booth by affirming the one person, one vote principle
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Great Society
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President Lyndon B Johnson's program to improve US society
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